Description du produit
- Catégories: A History of the University in Europe
- Editeur: PENGUIN BOOKS Ltd.
- ISBN: 9780141989020
- Date de publication: 06/06/2019
- Reliure : Broché
- Nombre de page : 368
- Langue: Anglais
Résumé
A place of exceptional diversity, rapid change, and high energy, Europe
has literally been at the crossroads of the world ever since the
interaction of Asia, North America and Africa formed the tropical island
archipelago that would become the continent of today.
In this unprecedented evolutionary history, Tim Flannery shows how for
the past 100 million years Europe has absorbed wave after wave of
immigrant species; taking them in, transforming them, and sometimes
hybridising them. Flannery reveals how, in addition to playing a vital
role in the evolution of our own species, Europe was once the site of
the formation of the first coral reefs, the home of some of the world's
largest elephants, and now has more wolves than North America.
This groundbreaking book charts the history of the land itself and the
forces shaping life on it - including modern humans - to create a
portrait of a continent that continues to exert a huge influence on the
world today.